Scale and Geographic Inquiry: Nature, Society, and Method

by Editor: Eric Sheppard (University of Minnesota); Editor: Robert B. McMaster (Univ. of Minnesota)

• ISBN13: 9780470999158
• ISBN10: 0470999152
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book is the first contemporary book to compare and integrate the various ways geographers think about and use scale across the spectrum of the discipline and includes state-of-the-art contributions by authoritative human geographers, physical geographers and GIS specialists. Provides a state of the art survey of how geographers think about scale. Brings together recent interest in scale in human and physical geography, as well as geographic information science Places competing concepts of scale side by side in order to compare them. The introduction and conclusion, by the editors, explores the common ground.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Preface

Introduction: Scale And Geographic Inquiry

Fractals And Scale In Environmental Assessment And Monitoring

Population And Environment Interactions: Spatial Considerations In Landscape Characterization And Modeling

Crossing The Divide: Linking Global And Local Scales In Human-Environment Systems

Independence, Contingency, And Scale Linkage In Physical Geography

Embedded Scales In Biogeography

Scaled Geographies: Nature, Place, And The Contested Politics Of Scale

Scales Of Cybergeography

A Long Way From Home: Domesticating The Social Production Of Scale

Scale Bending And The Fate Of The National

Is There A Europe Of Cities?

The Politics Of Scale And Networks Of Spatial Connectivity

Scale And Geographic Inquiry: Contrasts, Intersections, And Boundaries

Index

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